Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-03
SCIENCE AND WOMAN.
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tory c.is; and toi"nca IS ever new, for the glo.ies achieved IT. one era re- 2ea.ed ia inc suoessiiHa oDss. Scieaoo Is old, auSisni wiih the nigL. cf the pyramids, and young with ste light of tho blazing star whose beams are dying away forever.
 Though science is old, it yet seems that the present ia Pre-eminen.ly the age of science. TErae iourihs os e cen tary agO and steam vas quietly singing in ,he iresido kettle. Li;;lo by little has |, been taFHed and applied Io the works Ot ihe world, 1Etil now men even l com usud ikC hgh:aiEgs If heaven tO write and speak caf sing for them. With .he telescope, mIcrChcupe snd spectrcscJpe tho hec.ens aad earth and | Bl. thinsg !hercia have bees interviewed rni hhye gi-.i-i their ssCTe;s. Scieacl l i5 young 10 .LlE our GTe-rc!Ivr. lusty, s1terpTisinR md iErepressIblC. Woman has dEelt vItL the lnJc Jf science Of the ancient cpd modern iGys, snd history records her achievements durics the or ward march ot IIme. IL shows tha, every name on the scroll Is scc0m panied with she testimony shat woman gave the EEu0 earnest. uuGsggilS InteTosl and faiiEfUi sandy and euc,sy as tact bestowed by msD, and, like him, Is re- wsrdcd by honor and sz:SlUmsn,s su sciences own pTicrless cou rsusEtione. Science is, therefore, mo respecter 0, per.ons." The wOmon ot these days emulate she woman cf tbs ancient tine, for in She various departments c! science they ere found as buey etndenss. In lSi9 Miss Blackwell sFauilc,e5 from Geneva College, New York, pi0- neer in tho country ia medical science. Now there gre co iCss than l.OO0 women prsctitioners 10 the United States. Iu Europe they also compete at tho s!dc oi man for toe highest honor5 in .Ae med ical world.
 Astronomy hss kings who rule ihe starry realms. At tAeir side also are queens who track the celestial worlds vlth keen sight and unweeried quest. Linnaeus opened the tloNery kingdom and woman has entered and Tevesit5 within iia dalighitci bounds, An Agassiz seeks new varieties and classes of fishes. WomSr participates wiih him aud from her studies uiilizes an aquarium and svGkens a vide snd deep iRtoresi iS ihe hsh world.
 Microscopy opeLs iis iEfaity Oi iIitle things sO usan, sEd S0msu eQuips hoI- self and ins:ructs US WIth ihe methods of architecture gnd habits of life nraorg the invisible dwellers of the waters, and shows Us the blood cf creatures whom .he plnr;1 deyoEr.
 DagueTEe tCushI the san io make pie lures for man; hIs methods have been developed and new processes found by his successors. Woman also, with Taaa. has gUI3ed this science and made Il yield, year by year, Lew aud more beau tlful results. The nsar,s. approach to fine art yet made by photography, has been made by Rn English lady, Mrs Cameron.
 Spencer, Darwin, 8ni Huxley put forth their energies in discoveries. Wo- men are Gi t3elr side, quosIicring and examining lAeIs facts bEd IzlaSiuiugs an5 tes'iag Gii ilquiry Of Dame Nature, who opoEs her BrcGna sliSo to goman and 10 mAE.
 Mungo Park seeks new and strange lands Eud peoples, recording what of in 'eTest attracts his attention. Ida Pfeif- Ter makes successive trips over terra tirma, and then prints her experiences Tor tho stay y-Bt-homes of her day.
 Navigation IS thought to belong Cx- clusive'y to man; ycf She school of nGyi- gatiun belonging to the prOudest me 'rOpcA. ef our aeE world E.s founded by, aud instruction is gwen by women.
 Having briefly show that woman fol- lows aud Ofteo leads man into the realms Of scieace, let ne repeat the gues- l lion: Whsl will she do Vith il? Wit sNHn rfgsr af D a9d She additions she makes to them: O. TIli she work in the fieid of applied | science, and seislizlnz her own and | mans discoveries, employ them for The | comfort of lh5 Face: IL ,re microscope reveals the presence of intinistsslma' I seeds of death in tbe water brought tC 1 drink, or malsrial pro:oDiasEs ars evOlv ] ed from the netwvfd Ot gas and sewei i pipes n our dwellings,, vili she still sui I Ter disease for herafi; snd family orwil | she Insist that Esw and better methods | to fonud for su..lyIcg 2ure water 1T | Abundance, eut require the plumber 5C | make go perfect all his work ,hsi nUxaus | vspons shall be prevented or removed.
 Science i5 old-18tIng away back 10 | the Garden of Eden. where amid flowers and perfume. sweet breezes and all peace
 
 awakened. and the first experiment. ever recorded wEs Eisds. h conclusion ] wish to remark that however much man of these days nay claim science as be- longing Co his sphere, in Inc beginning II w.s not co. Eve vss the frst scisnt- .st
 Science is new; for each generation with its facts snd theories of the pro ceediag one, lesTine through successive periods some granite and massive bull warks Of science untouched.
 Sciencs is young: for new forms of cid sciences appear; and new sciences are evolved to assist in explsinicg the old, in the midst ot all th!s antiquity of soiencs. and these modern times, what will woman do with science? Will her sphere be enlarged and crpobled by her pursuits of scientific ihinGsi Or will che impress herself upon the sciences and higher forms?
 Science-the old, the nev-Whst will woman do with it?
 PAUL GREGORY, M. D.
 HERMosILLO, Sonora, Nov. 24, 'S7.